Arkansas Code Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses § 17-26-601. Definitions

(A) Has been licensed by the Department of Health as an artist for at least five (5) years in the specified field of body art in which he or she will offer training;

(B) Has worked in a body art establishment licensed by the department for at least five (5) years and been in compliance with department rules governing body artists;

(C) Has completed the course required under § 17-26-606;

(D) Is a registered instructor for the specified field of body art with the department;

(E) Has completed a course in safety and sanitation guidelines and requirements by the department;

(F) Shall not exceed a ratio of one (1) instructor to eight (8) students per instruction hour;

(G) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and

(H) Has completed two hundred and fifty (250) instructional hours from a state approved instructor program if the artist instructor is a permanent cosmetics artist instructor;

(A) Tattooing;

(B) Permanent cosmetics;

(C) Body piercing;

(D) Branding; or

(E) Scarification;

(4)(A) “Body piercing” and “body piercing procedure” mean the puncturing of a part of a live human being to create a hole for ornamentation or decoration or a single-point perforation of a body part to insert an anchor with a single stud protruding or flush with the skin.

(B) “Body piercing” or “body piercing procedure” shall not include piercing an earlobe with a presterilized, disposable, single-use stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the earlobe;

(A) Where body art is performed; and

(B) That has a body artist licensed in Arkansas on staff;

(A) Holds a license from the body art regulatory board or agency, if in existence, in that state or country; or

(B) If an artist license is not available in the guest artist's state or country, can submit to the department evidence of professional experience, employment, and education including:

(A) Forceps;

(B) Hemostats;

(C) Needles;

(D) Receiving tubes; and

(E) Tattoo barrels and tubes;

(12)(A) “Permanent cosmetics” means the application of pigment placed in the skin by a needle or other instrument to beautify the body, including without limitation for the purposes of:

(B) “Permanent cosmetics” does not include tattooing or a tattooing procedure;

(A) Is in training under the supervision of an artist instructor; and

(B) Shall not perform body art without the supervision of an artist instructor;

(17)(A) “Tattooing” and “tattoo procedure” mean any method of placing designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols, or any other marks upon or under the skin by introducing pigments or by the production of scars to form indelible marks with the aid of needles or other instruments.

(B) “Tattooing” and “tattoo procedure” do not include permanent cosmetics.